Dick Winters: Before ‘Band of Brothers’
Dick Winters might be the best-known soldier of World War II, but the heroics immortalized in “Band of Brothers” barely received notice at the time.
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Operation Market Garden: Dropping in on Holland
In its earliest hours, Operation Market Garden seemed yet another Allied success. But correspondents on the ground soon realized little was going to plan, and their reports from the field reflected the increasingly dire situation — particularly near Arnhem.
Read moreD-Day: Behind enemy lines with a typewriter
Paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions jumped with 125 to 150 pounds of equipment on D-Day, loaded down with whatever they might need to be self-sufficient until the linkup with seaborne troops or aerial resupply arrived. Time correspondent William Walton didn’t jump with a radio or machine gun components like some of his compatriots, but he did strap
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World War II on Deadline 